Winter's tale [electronic resource] / Mark Helprin.
This is a book about the beauty and complexity of the human soul, about God, love, and justice, and yet you can lose yourself in it as if it were a dream. You will be transported to New York of the Belle Epoque, to a city clarified by a siege of unprecedented winters. One night, Peter Lake--orphan, master-mechanic, and master second-story man--attempts to rob a fortress-like mansion on the Upper West Side. Though he thinks the house is empty, the daughter of the house is home. Thus begins the affair between the middle-aged Irish burglar and Beverly Penn, a young girl who is dying. Because of a love that at first he cannot fully understand, Peter, a simple and uneducated man, will be driven "to stop time and bring back the dead." His great struggle, in a city ever alight with its own energy and beset by winter, is a truly beautiful and extraordinary story.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780792753735 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- ISBN: 0792753739 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- Publisher: North Kingstown : BBC Audiobooks America, 2008.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Sound library." Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 27:48:22. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Oliver Wyman. |
System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 399684 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Genre: | Historical fiction. Fantastic fiction. Love stories. Audiobooks. Fiction. |